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Job Stress, Burnout, Job Satisfaction, And Intention To Leave Among Registered Nurses Employed In Hospital Settings In The State Of Florida, Kenneth W. Hazell

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Burnout among individual nurses in today's society is a paramount issue that carries a two-sided relationship. The individual nurse must be free of job stress and have personally obtained job satisfaction to alleviate aspects of burnout in the work environment (Maslach & Leiter, 2005). Healthcare and nursing organizations must strategize ways to help today's nurse reduce the potentials for job stress and enforce the absence of job stress and maintain a level of job satisfaction by encompassing understanding, and decreasing the variables such as work overload, lack of control, role conflict, fit, and role ambiguity that are antecedents to worker …

A Research Study Of Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, Job Satisfaction, And Burnout Among Financial Advisors, Courtney Fichter

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The role of the financial advisor has changed from the traditional broker to a more "counselor-type" role. This change has made financial advisors more susceptible to the traditional stressors seen by other "counselor-type" professions. Therefore, it is important to understand current levels of role stressors (role ambiguity and role conflict), job satisfaction, and burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy) among financial advisors.

The purpose of this research is to measure demographics, levels of role conflict, role ambiguity, job satisfaction, and burnout to identify any significant relationships. The theoretical framework includes Maslach's Burnout Inventory (1981), Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory (1959), and role …

Workplace Aggression Behaviors, Organizational Justice, And Intention To Leave Among U.S. Telecommunications Workers, Thomas A. Wilson

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Workplace aggression behavior is a global phenomenon that casts a dark shadow on many of today's organizations, both public and private. As it frequently leads to violence, workplace aggression behaviors, which include harassment and bullying, have become a growing concern in the United States (Bandow & Hunter, 2007). Employees subjected to workplace aggression report a wide range of physical, psychological, and social complaints that prevent them from effectively performing their jobs (Fox & Spector, 2005). Employees who perceive feelings of injustice may experience decreased loyalty to their organizations (Tyler & Lind, 1992). Several researchers have examined aggression; however, little is …